Posts in Category ‘Short Stories’

In the run up to the 13th General Elections, Ramesh and his wife Shalini busied themselves every night, attending this ceramah and that ceramah. Being a staunch supporter of Pakatan Rakyat and believing that the country needed change, he attended every ceramah after work. “We need …

Picture this, Ramesh drives a 2001 model Perodua Kelisa, which technically makes it exactly 12 years old next year. He is married to Shalini and the both of them earn RM 3,200 each, which makes their total monthly income, RM 6,400. With him having paid his …

The idea behind the Rememberall was a noble one. The seemingly simple and yet complex device was discovered and invented by an Austrian physicist who in 2167, assisted the Tibetan monks in confirming the identity of the 16th Dalai Lama. Joseph Vitziger got the idea when …

As I sat in the speeding bullet train heading to my destination, I propped open my tablet and typed in; October 5th, 2027. I stopped short at typing and stared silently into the tablet’s screen, taking in the rattling sound of the train and the environment …

It was early October of 1943 when we first heard the distant roars of a creature in the forest next to our village in Kuala Pilah. At first the roars seemed natural. They were heard very rarely, leading no one really to care about it much …

There she stood by the window which overlooked the sea. The sun shining brightly in as she stared at me, her eyes keen and filled with love. I crept closer, first hugging her from the front, my hands caressing her hips which were curvy and accentuated …

The writer sat alone in his room. The only source of light was a candle. He sat facing his typewriter, rapidly tapping away. What could he be writing? What could he be pouring into that old paper? What thoughts and what stories? The writer continued typing …

I died yesterday and met my father and he said, “Hello, welcome to the club.” And then he bade me goodbye and left, stating that his job was done. I didn’t fully understand what he had meant. So he explained that apparently when people die, they …